Lakers sign second-round pick Crawford
Sports Network | August 27, 2008
El Segundo, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers signed second- round draft pick guard Joe Crawford on Wednesday. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released. Crawford, 22, started all six games for the Lakers Summer League squad this past July, averaging 11.3 points including .455 (5-of-11) shooting from behind the arc, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 32.7 minutes. A three-year starter at the University of Kentucky, Crawford finished off his four-year tenure at the school averaging 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 127 games (76 starts). As a senior, Crawford ranked fourth in the SEC in scoring with a team-high 17.9 points per game, scoring 20-plus points 13 times while topping 30 points on three occasions. The six-foot-five Crawford finished his collegiate career as Kentucky's 19th all-time leading scorer with 1,438 points.
